UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 03-7904

ZACHARY WILLIAMS,
Petitioner - Appellant,
versus
FRED MENIFEE, Warden,
Respondent - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Baltimore. Catherine C. Blake, District Judge. (CA03-1656-CCB)

Submitted: April 29, 2004

Decided:

May 4, 2004

Before LUTTIG, WILLIAMS, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Zachary Williams, Appellant Pro Se. Ann Norman Bosse, OFFICE OF

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MARYLAND, Baltimore, Maryland, for
Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

See Local Rule 36(c).

PER CURIAM:
Zachary Williams, a state prisoner, seeks to appeal the
district courts order denying relief on his petition filed under
28 U.S.C. 2254 (2000).

The order is not appealable unless a

circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability. 28

U.S.C. 2253(c)(1) (2000).
not

issue

absent

constitutional right.

A certificate of appealability will

substantial

showing

of

the

denial

28 U.S.C. 2253(c)(2) (2000).

of

A prisoner

satisfies this standard by demonstrating that reasonable jurists

would find that his constitutional claims are debatable and that
any dispositive procedural rulings by the district court are also
debatable or wrong.

See Miller-El v. Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322, 336

(2003); Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000); Rose v. Lee,
252 F.3d 676, 683 (4th Cir. 2001).

We have independently reviewed

the record and conclude that Williams has not made the requisite
showing.

Accordingly, we deny Williams motion for a certificate

of appealability and dismiss the appeal.

We dispense with oral

argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately

presented in the materials before the court and argument would not
aid the decisional process.

DISMISSED

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